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stormsewerOh, I finished the Destiny playlist, too. I finalized it about a week ago, but hadn't got around to posting it. Anyway...
1. "It's No Good" Depeche Mode i'll be waiting patiently till you see the signs and come running to my open arms (This song's kinda creepy, but I love it. A DM song got lead-in position for Dream, too. Interesting.)
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" The Beatles will you still be sending me valentines? (This song has recently rocketed to the top of my favorites list, not least because of the great clarinet part. I guess I put this here because it's a good counterweight to "It's No Good." This song is so sweet. It makes me want to get married.)
3. "Destination Unknown" Smashing Pumpkins i know i'll leave when it's my time to go; till then i'll carry on with what i know (Originally by Missing Persons. This song is quite dear to me and is very much my philosophy of life.)
4. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" Radiohead destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world (I listened to this album over and over and over my sophomore year of college... I learned to play guitar, and now I'm not a nothing anymore.)
5. "Teachers" Leonard Cohen i met a man who lost his mind in some lost place i had to find; follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind (Such amazing lyrics. I guess this song is about struggling (and perhaps failing) to find one's destiny. I really love this song.)
6. "Anthem" Phantom Planet on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me, that a song like this just might go down in history (I've been indoctrinated to believe that writing songs about writing songs is a no-no, but I like this song. An anthem about writing an anthem that you never actually get to hear. It's clever, right? Kinda like Tenacious D's "Tribute to the Best Song in the World.")
7. "Superunknown" Soundgarden if you don't want to be seen, you don't have to hide. if you don't want to believe, you don't have to try. (I find this song quite comforting, actually. It's another I might say pretty well expresses my philosophy of life.)
8. "It's Not Up To You" Björk unthinkable surprises are about to happen, but what they are... (Again, Björk just sees the world from familiar angles. Familiar to me, anyway. Love this song. You gotta love the Björk.)
9. "The Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana i thought you died alone, a long, long time ago (As noted on the track, this is a David Bowie song. I'd say Nirvana Unplugged was (is) one of the most influential albums in my life. This is a great song.)
10. "Long Line Of Cars" Cake we don't wonder where we're going or remember where we've been (This was the first song that came to mind when I tried to think of songs that might go well on this list. For clever metaphors, there's no one better than Cake.)
11. "Through The Never" Metallica all that is, ever was, will be ever, ask forever (Oh, I do so love the lovecrafty cosmic angst of classic Metallica.)
12. "Muzzle" Smashing Pumpkins everything i ever said and everything i've ever done is gone and dead, as all things will surely have to end (I think I will love Smashing Pumpkins till the day I die. Just like Styx, you know they only got a bad rap because most critics are cynical assholes. Or... nevermind.)
13. "Hell" Squirrel Nut Zippers now you make a scene all day, but tomorrow there'll be hell to pay (This song came out my senior year of high school, I think. You remember these guys? I thought jazz was on the verge of making a huge comeback. Ha. I remember my (jazz) band teacher hated the tone quality of their tenor sax player and refused to listen to them.)
14. "Do You Believe?" The Cardigans do you really think that love is going to save your soul? well, i sure hope so... but i don't think so (I used to think that the Cardigans consisted of songs like "Lovefool" and "Carnival," but this album proved me wrong. This album (Gran Turismo) is so frickin great, man. I was listening to this a lot when I lived in Matsumoto. Ah, memories...)
15. "Rocketship" Guster no denial changes things- no remedy ahead (This is one of my sister's favorite songs. It is a really great song. I need to get some more Guster albums.)
16. "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)" Ween stare into the lion's eyes, and if you taste the candy, you'll get to the surprise (Vintage Ween. This song is SO COOL. Classic.)
17. "If 6 Was 9" Jimi Hendrix fall mountains, just don't fall on me (And it's got the spooky overtones of him talking about how he knows he's got to die when it's time for him to die, and all that. Great, great song, from one of the best albums ever made. I'd say it's another that fits in with my philosophy pretty well.)
18. "All We Have Is Now" The Flaming Lips you and me were never meant to be part of the future (Somehow, this song really rings true... Great song from a great album. I only recently realized that these guys started out in the 80s as a psychedelic jam band. I'll have to check out some of that stuff.)
19. "Road To Nowhere" Talking Heads and it's very far away, but it's growing day by day (This is another that could be the theme song for my life. Great, awesome, cool song.)
20. "Slipstream" Jethro Tull you press on god's waiter your last dime, as he hands you the bill (I kind of think of this song as part of a set that includes "Wond'ring Aloud" and "Cheap Day Return." They all have a poignant, haiku-like beauty that really gets me.)
Top Five Songs About Destiny:
5. It's Not Up To You
4. If 6 Was 9
3. Destination Unknown
2. Road To Nowhere
1. Long Line Of Cars
Honorable mentions to "All We Have Is Now,""Teachers," and "Slipstream."
By the way, "I Was Meant For The Stage" by the Decemberists was originally slated to appear on this list, but as it is long (over seven minutes) and annoying (it reminds me of every aggravating theater major I ever knew), it got cut. I love me some Decemberists- you know that- but that is probably my least favorite of all their songs. (They're coming out with a new album next month. Pick it up!)
So, next up would be Destruction. But I've got a huge order of CDs coming in the mail soon, so I'll probably wait to work through those before making more playlists. I've been thinking I want to make a playlist of my favorite dance songs, too, so we may take some time out for that here before too long.
[April 15,2005 EDIT: Pulled "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds (it's on the love playlist, after all) and added "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads (I can't believe that one slipped through the cracks when I was making this thing originally. Also changed the Top Five.]
1. "It's No Good" Depeche Mode i'll be waiting patiently till you see the signs and come running to my open arms (This song's kinda creepy, but I love it. A DM song got lead-in position for Dream, too. Interesting.)
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" The Beatles will you still be sending me valentines? (This song has recently rocketed to the top of my favorites list, not least because of the great clarinet part. I guess I put this here because it's a good counterweight to "It's No Good." This song is so sweet. It makes me want to get married.)
3. "Destination Unknown" Smashing Pumpkins i know i'll leave when it's my time to go; till then i'll carry on with what i know (Originally by Missing Persons. This song is quite dear to me and is very much my philosophy of life.)
4. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" Radiohead destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world (I listened to this album over and over and over my sophomore year of college... I learned to play guitar, and now I'm not a nothing anymore.)
5. "Teachers" Leonard Cohen i met a man who lost his mind in some lost place i had to find; follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind (Such amazing lyrics. I guess this song is about struggling (and perhaps failing) to find one's destiny. I really love this song.)
6. "Anthem" Phantom Planet on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me, that a song like this just might go down in history (I've been indoctrinated to believe that writing songs about writing songs is a no-no, but I like this song. An anthem about writing an anthem that you never actually get to hear. It's clever, right? Kinda like Tenacious D's "Tribute to the Best Song in the World.")
7. "Superunknown" Soundgarden if you don't want to be seen, you don't have to hide. if you don't want to believe, you don't have to try. (I find this song quite comforting, actually. It's another I might say pretty well expresses my philosophy of life.)
8. "It's Not Up To You" Björk unthinkable surprises are about to happen, but what they are... (Again, Björk just sees the world from familiar angles. Familiar to me, anyway. Love this song. You gotta love the Björk.)
9. "The Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana i thought you died alone, a long, long time ago (As noted on the track, this is a David Bowie song. I'd say Nirvana Unplugged was (is) one of the most influential albums in my life. This is a great song.)
10. "Long Line Of Cars" Cake we don't wonder where we're going or remember where we've been (This was the first song that came to mind when I tried to think of songs that might go well on this list. For clever metaphors, there's no one better than Cake.)
11. "Through The Never" Metallica all that is, ever was, will be ever, ask forever (Oh, I do so love the lovecrafty cosmic angst of classic Metallica.)
12. "Muzzle" Smashing Pumpkins everything i ever said and everything i've ever done is gone and dead, as all things will surely have to end (I think I will love Smashing Pumpkins till the day I die. Just like Styx, you know they only got a bad rap because most critics are cynical assholes. Or... nevermind.)
13. "Hell" Squirrel Nut Zippers now you make a scene all day, but tomorrow there'll be hell to pay (This song came out my senior year of high school, I think. You remember these guys? I thought jazz was on the verge of making a huge comeback. Ha. I remember my (jazz) band teacher hated the tone quality of their tenor sax player and refused to listen to them.)
14. "Do You Believe?" The Cardigans do you really think that love is going to save your soul? well, i sure hope so... but i don't think so (I used to think that the Cardigans consisted of songs like "Lovefool" and "Carnival," but this album proved me wrong. This album (Gran Turismo) is so frickin great, man. I was listening to this a lot when I lived in Matsumoto. Ah, memories...)
15. "Rocketship" Guster no denial changes things- no remedy ahead (This is one of my sister's favorite songs. It is a really great song. I need to get some more Guster albums.)
16. "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)" Ween stare into the lion's eyes, and if you taste the candy, you'll get to the surprise (Vintage Ween. This song is SO COOL. Classic.)
17. "If 6 Was 9" Jimi Hendrix fall mountains, just don't fall on me (And it's got the spooky overtones of him talking about how he knows he's got to die when it's time for him to die, and all that. Great, great song, from one of the best albums ever made. I'd say it's another that fits in with my philosophy pretty well.)
18. "All We Have Is Now" The Flaming Lips you and me were never meant to be part of the future (Somehow, this song really rings true... Great song from a great album. I only recently realized that these guys started out in the 80s as a psychedelic jam band. I'll have to check out some of that stuff.)
19. "Road To Nowhere" Talking Heads and it's very far away, but it's growing day by day (This is another that could be the theme song for my life. Great, awesome, cool song.)
20. "Slipstream" Jethro Tull you press on god's waiter your last dime, as he hands you the bill (I kind of think of this song as part of a set that includes "Wond'ring Aloud" and "Cheap Day Return." They all have a poignant, haiku-like beauty that really gets me.)
Top Five Songs About Destiny:
5. It's Not Up To You
4. If 6 Was 9
3. Destination Unknown
2. Road To Nowhere
1. Long Line Of Cars
Honorable mentions to "All We Have Is Now,""Teachers," and "Slipstream."
By the way, "I Was Meant For The Stage" by the Decemberists was originally slated to appear on this list, but as it is long (over seven minutes) and annoying (it reminds me of every aggravating theater major I ever knew), it got cut. I love me some Decemberists- you know that- but that is probably my least favorite of all their songs. (They're coming out with a new album next month. Pick it up!)
So, next up would be Destruction. But I've got a huge order of CDs coming in the mail soon, so I'll probably wait to work through those before making more playlists. I've been thinking I want to make a playlist of my favorite dance songs, too, so we may take some time out for that here before too long.
[April 15,2005 EDIT: Pulled "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds (it's on the love playlist, after all) and added "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads (I can't believe that one slipped through the cracks when I was making this thing originally. Also changed the Top Five.]
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Date: 2005-03-13 05:33 pm (UTC)I think just about all DM songs are creepy. I've always got a vibe from Martin Gore that he goes out and he's a stalker by day and then he comes home and writes these songs unsettling songs in the evening. In any case, great choice, this is one of my very favorite songs of theirs.
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" The Beatles
What a great song. I was listening to Sgt. Pepper the other day for the first time in a while, and this one really did make me smile. I like how the whole thing is sped up, so it sounds more bouncy and McCartney's vocals more high-pitched, maybe to mimic the sound of old 78 records? Very music hall/vaudeville pastiche, anyway. Also, although it was recorded in '67, apparently the song had been kicking around since the Beatles were playing Hamburg and the Cavern and all that, they'd use it in between sets or during equipment failures. Sorry for the trivia, but I thought it was interesting.
5. "The Luckiest" Ben Folds
I love the sentiment behind this song. I find the album version a bit to saccharine, but the take on the Ben Folds Live album, where it's just him and a piano...absolutely beautiful.
6. "Teachers" Leonard Cohen
I've only recently been getting into Cohen, but this is one I quite like, too.
10. "The Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana
I'm usually of the mind that about 99% of all covers are useless and pointless, but even as a big Bowie fan, I love Nirvana's take on this song. You can just feel how ragged Kurt Cobain was at this point -- it's like the act of singing the song is causing him immense pain, but he does it anyway 'cause he needs to.
14. "Hell" Squirrel Nut Zippers
I remember the whole neo-jazz/neo-swing revival, I seem to remember it was in full bloom by the time I was a freshman at college, maybe even into my sophomore year. I just recall how for several years, the only things the student activities board would book for concerts were these neo-swing bands. That eventually gave way to the whole ska-punk thing, at which point I was subjected to a year or more of nothing but that.
19. "All We Have Is Now" The Flaming Lips
Yeah, the Lips didn't get all symphonic-psychedelic until about 1997. Before that they were just psychedelic/jammy/scuzzy and so fucking weird. I mean, not that they're not totally bizarre now, but at least now Wayne Coyne is wearing suits and looks kind of like a professor. I think they just put out a really good compilation of their early years, that might be something you'd enjoy.
20. "Slipstream" Jethro Tull
Mad props to the Tull and you for including the Tull.
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Date: 2005-03-14 12:21 am (UTC)And I do love the Tull. The Aqualung album especially is very dear to me. It'd probably make my top ten list, if not top five. Not all of their stuff does it for me, though. The Songs From the Wood album, for instance, kind of annoys the hell out of me.